There
is a sobering question that now begs an answer from the 21st century church.
Was the cross of Christ simply a lesson in tolerance? Was that a big wooden T
that Jesus hung from two thousand years ago, illustrating a "higher
power's" message to: "Go ye into all the world and be tolerant"?
Did Jesus say: "For God so tolerated the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son"? And did He tell His followers: "By this shall all men
know that ye are my disciples, if ye have tolerance one for another"? This
is a crude example of equating God's love with today's tolerance...mixing and
mingling traditional words and phrases with new age meanings and dialectic
slogans like "Our strength is our diversity" in order to synthesize
values and advance alternative agendas. Because of the ever-increasing
perversion of our language by globalists it is necessary to qualify words like
"love" and "tolerance" to avoid confusing them with biblical
directives. Just as the love of a father toward his son is different from the
love of a husband toward his wife or a boy's love for his dog or a dog's love
for bones, tolerance too can have many different meanings and applications. When
modern definitions are mischievously applied to ancient principals for living
the outcome can be more than just confusing. It can be downright disastrous.
Just such a travesty is unfolding before us in the church today through the
ongoing amalgamation of lifestyles, beliefs, interpretations, principals,
practices, definitions, rituals, religions, cultures and worldviews all for the
purpose of forwarding the global gospel of "tolerance diversity and
unity".

It may
surprise many of you to learn that the word "tolerance" never even
appeared in scripture until the 60's and 70's when the NEW American Standard and
NEW International versions of the bible came into being. In the King James and
original American Standard versions the word used was "forbearance"
which itself could imply something altogether different. It should also be noted
that at the time the NEW versions of the bible were printed, Marxist liberals
were tenaciously teaching tolerance as the NEW measure of morality in America
from kindergarten through seminary. One would think, as much as that word is
used today with respect to Christians, it would be found repeatedly throughout
scripture. However, the reality is, it appears only once in the NIV and twice in
the NASV as a brief encouragement for believers to put aside *personal
differences and sufferings* for the sake of the Gospel. IT DOES NOT MEAN we are
all to piously sit silent while the world's humanists, heretics and homosexuals
twist and trash the Word of God to satisfy their own appetites and ambitions. "Tolerance",
as it is most commonly used today, is nothing more than a warm and fuzzy
buzzword that was shrewdly employed by globalists to confuse and disarm
believers, undermine the Church and contradict everything the bible teaches
about sin from Genesis to Revelation."Tolerance"
was never meant to replace love, righteousness, forgiveness or redemption. It is
STILL the will of God that sin be exposed, confessed, repented-of, forgiven or
judged...not tolerated for the sake of peace and unity. (Ephesians 5:11) "Tolerance"
is not the Gospel of Christ but rather the tactical tool of ambitious men who
dream of separating us from our Anchor Stone so we will drift away from
"the peace of God which passeth all understanding" into a camouflaged
chaos called Globalism. Below are a few
definitions for the word "tolerance" followed by a couple of
scriptures that can help you determine for yourself which are new age and which
are biblical. The biblical definition is really not that hard to see as long as
your choice is consistent with the entirety of
scripture.

2. The endurance of the presence or
actions of objectionable persons, or of the expression of offensive opinions.
(Proverbs 14:17)
(Matthew18:15-17)

3. The capacity for or the practice
of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others. (2nd
Corinthians 6:14-18) (James 4:4)

Now simply apply the biblical definition you
chose to the only two verses in scripture where the word tolerance
appears.

(Ephesians 4:1-2) "I therefore,
the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation
wherewith ye are called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience,
showing tolerance for one another in love" (The Apostle Paul is addressing
Christians here, not the various cultures and religions of the
world.)

(Romans 2:4) "Or do you
think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not
knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance" (Once again, Paul
is referring to the tolerance of God toward His redeemed, not the enemies of the
cross.)

Another relatively simple way of determining
where tolerance is appropriate is by knowing at whose expense the offense
comes...yours or God's? Tolerance would probably be in order if say someone
called you a liar. Lashing back at your accuser with an equally harsh attack
wouldn't glorify God in the least or accomplish anything of eternal value.
However, tolerance would most definitely NOT be appropriate if that same person,
Christian or not, willfully misrepresented, misquoted or in some way impugned
the character or integrity of the Almighty with lies and distortions. In this
situation a firm rebuke of some sort using scripture would be proper to defend
the faith. As Christians, that is what we are called to do. (Philippians
1:7&16) This takes courage and a self-sacrificing kind of love. Silence in
the name of tolerance, in such situations, would only demonstrate cowardice and
indifference to the One we call Lord; the very opposite of the love He teaches
and not unlike what we see in the church today. Even then, rebukes should be
carried out with God's interest in mind, not our own. We tend to defend most
fervently that which we love and are the most proud of. If it is God and His
Word that we defend then we are being Christ-like. If it is ourselves we so
passionately defend then we are probably, self-centered, pride-driven and
carnal.

Even
though many of our Christian institutions have been swept clean of these
tolerance teachers, the counterfeit communion they served for so many years is
still being passed down the aisles in many churches today. Is it any wonder that
practicing homosexuals are now "married" and "ordained" by a
clergy who publicly question the very deity of Christ and casually bring His
claim of being "The Way, The Truth and The Life" up for a
congregational vote? This, my friends, is the filthy fruit of tolerance and an
undeniable sign of the desperate times we are now entering. If this isn't the
Apostasy then I don't know what is.

The cross
is a lot of things to a lot of people but it IS NOT a lesson intolerance. If God
were tolerant of sin He never would have sacrificed His" Only
Begotten" to suffer and die so horrendously for the likes of you and me. He
would have simply winked at Him and said, "Ah...That's OK...Just stay here.
They'll clean up their act sooner or later". But that never happened
because the bible says:

"For my thoughts are not
your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens
are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts
than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:8-9)

Yes, the cross of Christ was an act of divine love but
it was also a vivid demonstration of God's absolute intolerance for
sin.

"Beware lest anyone spoil you
through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the
rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." (Colossians 2:8)